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Drain Placement Around The Pancreas

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 48000

In severe acute pancreatitis, the abdomen is opened and drains are placed in the tissue spaces around the pancreas. They carry away infected fluid and the toxic material released by the inflamed gland, which would otherwise collect and worsen the illness.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drain Placement Around The Pancreas cost?

$7,402

Typical total for the visit. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,402 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,888 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,888$3,715 to $7,586
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,148 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $19,055Professionalmedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $9,120
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,514professional $5,888

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 7.3 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Wyoming· 10th of 51

$7,402

$5,888 physician + $1,514 facility

ME $18,304MD $2,512

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.